{{Infobox name | name = Elin | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Female | meaning = | region = | language = Old Norse, Welsh | origin = | alternative spelling = Elín | nickname = | related names = Elna<br />Ellen<br />Helene | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }}
'''Elin''' or '''Elín''' is a variation of Ellen and Helene used in Scandinavian and Celtic languages.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Coleman |first1=Nancy |title=A Handbook of Scandinavian Names |date=2010 |publisher=Univ. of Wisconsin Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780299248345/page/7 7] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780299248345 |url-access=registration |accessdate=1 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=BBC Wales | publisher=BBC | access-date=1 March 2019 |title=Living in Wales |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/livinginwales/sites/howdoisay/names/index.shtml?e}}</ref> Notable people with the name include:
* Elin Andersdotter (died 1569), Swedish lady-in-waiting and political conspirator * {{anbl|Elin Ekblom Bak}} * Elin Brandell (1882–1963), Swedish journalist * Elín Ebba Gunnarsdóttir (born 1953), Icelandic writer * Elin Falk (1872–1942), Swedish gymnastics director and educator * Elin Fflur (born 1984), Welsh singer-songwriter * {{anbl|Elin Flyborg}} * Elin Gustafsson (born 1989), Swedish politician * Elin Gustavsdotter (Sture) (died 1495), Swedish noble, consort of the regent Erik Axelsson * Elin i Horsnäs (died after September 1611), alleged Swedish witch * Elin Hilderbrand, American romance writer * Elín Hirst, Icelandic Member of Parliament * Elin Holmlöv, Swedish ice hockey player * Elin Jacobsson (1886–1978), one of the first two women to graduate from a Swedish educational program as a civil engineer. * Elin Jones (born 1966), Welsh politician * Elin Kallio (1859–1927), Finnish gymnast * Elin Kristiansen (born 1968), Norwegian biathlete * Elin Kvande (born 1951), Norwegian sociologist and gender researcher * Elin Lanto (born 1984), Swedish singer * Elin Lindqvist (born 1982), Swedish novelist * {{anbl|Elin Magnusson}} * Elin Manahan Thomas (born 1977), Welsh soprano singer * Elin Nilsen (born 1968), Norwegian cross-country skier * Elin Nordegren (born 1980), Swedish model and ex-wife of golfer Tiger Woods * Elin Östlund (born 1992), Swedish sprinter * Elin Pelin (1877–1949), Bulgarian writer * Elin Segerlind (born 1985), Swedish politician * Elin Sigvardsson (born 1981), Swedish singer-songwriter * Elin Topuzakov (born 1977), Bulgarian footballer * Elin Wägner (1882–1949), Swedish writer, journalist, feminist, teacher, ecologist and pacifist * Helena (wife of Inge the Elder) or Elin (died 1105), Swedish queen consort * Helena of Skövde (c. 1101–1160), local Swedish Catholic saint
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